Railway-crossing.



Patented June 21, 1910.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

APYLIQATIOX FILED JUNE l1, 1909.

B. E. GALLASPY & A. H. MGCARTY.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioE.

BENJAMIN E. GALLASPY AND ALEXANDER H. MCCARTY; OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

To aZZ 'whom 4it may concan:

Be it known that. we. mamans E. GAL- citizens of thc l'nitvil Statvs. rvsitliug at )"ortll'orth, in tht county oi rfai-rant :uut State of Texas-, havv inw-nml cvrtain nowY and useful linprorona-nts in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is :1 spot-itin tion.

Thi:- iuvuition relates to railway crossings and .ne object is to provide continuous treads for thil wheels of cars and locomotive engines.

Railway crossings as'hcrctoforc provide-il, particularly in cities where there is almost; constanty crossing of the tracks, causo severe pounding of the wheels against. the @mls ot the rail sections, the rails lit-.ing cut; away for the passage of the flanges of tho whvvls.

One object is to providel rail svi-tions which stand normallyin position to bridge the cutJ away portions of theA main rails so that a continuous tread is provifltal and also to provide means for opening passages for the wheel flanges, and further to proxhlo means for automatically closing tho passages after the passago of th l whcvls.

Other objects and advantages will he 'fully explained in the following clvsrfriptiou :unl the invention will he more particularly pointed out, in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which forni a part of this application.

Figure l is a plan View of a raih 'ay crossing constructed in arcorilanvu with our invention. Fig. is a vplan View ot' two (zontinuous tread fohuing clemvuts. Fig. ft is a. vertical cross-section takt-.u along thcy lino a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal .section of a portion of :l rail. showing tlul guittvs which prevent the tilting ol' thvv niovahlo continuous truail forming uu-nilars. Fig. 5 is a broken plan vinw ot' tho nmvahlo platos which carry the continuous trvarl forming members anti showin;r also a poition ol' tho bed plato. Fig. t3 is a hrolnn siilo olovation of the rails at Cantor of vrossing. Fig. 7 shows replacing springs.

Similar chai-actors of rot'viunru artnsoil to indicate the salue parts throughout thv several views.

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forni the track hotweon the rails within the inti-rst-ction otn tlw trai'ks.' taal plat(- 1li supports tluiucitiug railsl to H ini-lusiux :unl tht rails hotwct-u or within thc intrrslation ot' tho trarlis. Tho laat plate lll may lio out away as shown iu Fig. l. The heil platol 12) is supported on v-uitahh tiinhtrs 14. Thil usual vnl out for thtl passage of tho whool {langt-s artl .shown 'hctwvt-u thv cutis of tho rail :actions l), l0., ll. aiul lL axul tln- :nvt-tingr rails l to iuvlusivv. 'l`ht` ohjot of this inwntion is to ln'iilgithvstout outsso that ther(l will lano pounding ot` thc rails hy tho whcols. 'l`lnrails t) to l2 intlusivo may ho imulolwarivr than thtl otht-r rails anrl thtl halls ot' thoso rails: artl rut away, as shown in Fig. Il. ('oiuinuous trai-h foriningl nunilwrs l5 :nul It aril plata-l on tho` outsirlv ol tho iutvrsi-i-tiou ol tho trai-lis aiul tlush with tho rail svi-tions ltl :nul 1'.' aiul il and ll rt-spr-i-tiwl-v so thatI tlu` liizul of tlu! wht-rlwill lwar ou tlnl uuaulwrs lt) aiul i3 :nul l2! aint l`i wht-u a train is going in ono (lirof'tion uint lwar on tlnnninla-rsil aiul lt anrl ll :unl l' whon tht` train is goingr in the othor or t-ross tirol-tion. 'l'lnl uu-iuhorsl l5 :unl lt aro niorahlo longitur|inall \Y ln' thitlangi-s ol' passing uhvrls. 'l`hi unnilwrs l5 :unl tt' ariluouulml ou plato ll' :unl on tlul tlangts ol` tho nulula-l'- El to l2 ini'lnsiro. tln` platos lT living snpportt-l on thiliml plahl lil. llall |aariii; lh' ina llo plamrl hv twot-n lf auil lt) :unl lf alul l2 :unl also latwM-n thv inviata-rs iti aml il amt lt :nul lt to prt-voui friction.

Mvaus artprotiiit-fl for moving' ttuvontinuousi tri-atl forming lulluluus if autl lli autou|=:tira|l \\'ing.` lll arttoruual iut1 gral with thtl uwlularsl5 or attzuhwl to thv nnaulwr.`4 l5 rightly aint wing.` tl a rv [ornaat inn-gral with or .attav-hl-il rightly to thi' ini-mln'r,` lli. 'l'htnnnilwrs lll aro attai'ln'il rightly to nioxahltplatos l and th(l un-iu la-rs or wings4 2U aririgiilly altar-tual to morahlu platos-212. 'l'hiplatos l :nul L ariuiotalihl ou tho lll-l plattI lil. iithin t'uintoiswtionoll thil trai'hs gnaril invinoors 'Jil aro rigidi)P attavlu-rl lo tht` platt-s 2l alnl guard nnunlwr.`- l aro rigiillj.' attai-lu-fl to platos-22. .'\t thv rrossiugs of thil platt-s 2l :mit 2;', omplato must4 ruu nnflor tho othvr. l"or this rvasou thi' laat platll lil is f-ut'uwa-)k as `howu at 25 in Vig. 5. 'llw :nt-.iutwrs l) :uut 2t) hoiug tlart-tl toward tho approach of whvvls proi'iihl a llt) ltltl lill .wl eels. ln order to prevent the wings 1b from assuming their normal positions before the wheels pass entirely over the crossing, guard members 225 are attached to plates 2l so that the flanges of the wheels will have a continuous bearingr to hohl the plate 2l toward the center ot the road bed until the wheels have passed the crossing. In going north or south the wings :ZO and guard memf bers ill operate in the same manner, as just described. In order to bring the wings 1U land 20 back to their normal positions, bolts 2l, are run through these members and the adjacent rail members, as shown in Fig. 7, and strong spiral springs 2T are placed on the bolts. Cas-ings 28 are provided for protecting the springs 27. The ends of the members l5 and 16 are slightly beveled, as l shown ai; 29 in Fig. (3, so that when the rail members fl, l0, l1, and l2 wear, there will be no pounding of the wheels against the ends of the members l5 and 16. The meeting rail members l to 8 inclusive arc reinforced by the usual reinforcing rails 30. Guides 3l are provided for preventing the tilting ot' the wings 19 and 20. The guides consist of metallic bars bolted to the wings i l!) and 2O and bent at right angles thereto. Casings 912 are provided for the guides 3l.

.ln view of the above description, no description oi the operationy is necessary. It has been shown that continuous track formingr members are provided for both directions and that the continuous track or tread foi-ning members of one track are movable by the wheels ot' a train passing on the other track. ln their normal positions, the continuous tread or track forming members stand closing the usual cutout for the wheel flanges, being held in such positions by strong springs.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

l. In a railway-crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway track having' cut-outs for passage of wheel flanges, of continuous track forming members flush with the outside of said rails between cach pair of rails and movable by passing wheels and normally closing said eut-outs.

Q. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway track having cut-outs for passage of wheel flanges, of continuous track-forming members flush with the outside. of said rails between each pair of rails and yieldable to the lianges of passing wheels and normally closing said cutonts and means for replacing said continw ous track forming members automatically after the passage ot' the wheels.

3. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway track having cut-outs for the passage of wheel flanges, of continuous track-forming members flush with the outside ot` said rails between each pair of rails normally closing said cut-outs but vicldable to the tianges of passing wheels. springs operating to replace said continuous track forming members after the passage of the wheels. and wings integral with said continuous track forming members operable by the flanges of passing wheels.

l. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of thc railway track havinnr eut-outs 'for4 passage of wheel flanges, o

continuons track-forming members Hush with the cntside of said rails between each pair of rails normally closing said cut-outs but vieldable to the flanges of passing wheels, the balls of the rails of the track within the intersection being partly cut away whereby the tread of the wheels will bear on said continuons track forming members.

5. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway track having eut-outs for passage of wheel flanges, continuous track forming members cooperating with the intersected portions cf said rails and normally closing said outputs, and spring-pressed wings and guard members rigid with said continuous track-forming members of the crossing track operable by the lianges of passing wheels.

6. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway track having cubouts for passage of wheel flanges, continuons track forming members coperating with the intersected portions of said rails and normally closing said cut-outs, Wings and guard members rigid with the continuous track-forming members of the crossing track operable by the wheels of a naming train, and springs for replacing sai wir and guard mem rs and cnntlnuous tra forming menters 'after the passing of the wheels.

7. In a railwa crossing, the combination with the rails o the railway tracks havin cut-outs for assage of wher-'t langcs an having the alls between the crossings partly cut away, continuous trackformin members Hush with the outsides of sai rails between each pair of rails and fillin the cut away portions of said rails, and wings and guard members rigid with the continuous track-formin members of the crossing track operable y the Wheels of a passing train.

8. In a railway crossing, the combination with the rails of the railway tracks having` .cut-outs for the cut-outs for the assage of wheel flanges, continuous trackorming members coperating with the intersected portions of said rails and normali closing said cut-outs, wings moving sai continuous track-form ing members and movable by the flanges of passing wheels, guard bearings coperating with said wings, and movable lates carry ing said wings und guard mem vr 9. In a railwa crossing, the combination with the rails o the railwa tracks having assage o wheel flanges, continuous track arming members coperating with the intersected portions of said rails und normally closing said cut-outs, wings for saidr continuous track-forming members und movable by the flanges of passing wheels, guard lx-,arings cooperating with said wings, movable plates carrying said wings and guard bearings, and s )rings for replacing said wings and guar members to their normal positions.

' 10. In a railway crossing, the combination" with the rails of the railwa tracks having cut-outs for the aage o wheel flanges, continuous trackoz'ming members coperating with the intersected portions of said rails and normally closing said cut-outs, wings for moving said continuous track. forming members of the crossing track, guard members co rating with said wings, plates carryin sai wings and guard members, springs or replacing said Wings and guard members after the passage of the wheels, and guides for preventing the tilting of said win i In testimony whereof, We set our hands in the presence of two witnesses, this 3rd day of June, 1909.

BENJAMIN E. GALLASPY. ALEXANDER H. MCCARTY. lVitnesses:

A. L. JACKSON, J. A. INGRAM. 

